Rallye Rhône Charbo – SS1: Yoann Bonato shoots the first arrow

Yoann Bonato and Benjamin Boulloud (Citroën C3) worked hard to take control of the Rally Lyon-Charbonnières from the first Bibost-Bessenay – Montrottier special, 14,68 km long. They are ahead of Quentin Giordano and Kevin Parent (VW Polo) by seven tenths and Hugo Margaillan and Laetitia Marsault (Citroën C3).

Cédric Robert and Matthieu Duval place their Alpine A110 in fifth place but only 4 seconds ahead of Julien Saunier and Frédéric Vauclaire in the F RGT classification.

Romain di Fante and Patrick Chiappe (Renault Clio RS Line) are on the verge of the Top 20 scratch and take control of the F RC4.

The start of the second Ternand – St Just d’Avray special will be at 10:11 a.m.

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